Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Том 3Nathaniel Chapman Hopkins and Earle, 1807 |
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... Hastings , were a subject of lively and general concern through- out the British empire . These investigations , having satisfied his mind of the innocence of Mr. Hastings , and that he was wantonly persecuted by the viru- lence of ...
... Hastings , were a subject of lively and general concern through- out the British empire . These investigations , having satisfied his mind of the innocence of Mr. Hastings , and that he was wantonly persecuted by the viru- lence of ...
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... Hastings , Esquire , late governour general of Bengal ; " in which amongst other things the matter particularly selected is to be found . Your inquiry , therefore , is not confined to , Whether the defendant published those select parts ...
... Hastings , Esquire , late governour general of Bengal ; " in which amongst other things the matter particularly selected is to be found . Your inquiry , therefore , is not confined to , Whether the defendant published those select parts ...
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... Hastings . The grand inquest of England have delivered their charges , and preferred their impeach- ment ; their allegations are referred to proof ; and from the appeal to the collective wisdom and justice of ON THE TRIAL OF STOCKDALE .
... Hastings . The grand inquest of England have delivered their charges , and preferred their impeach- ment ; their allegations are referred to proof ; and from the appeal to the collective wisdom and justice of ON THE TRIAL OF STOCKDALE .
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... Hastings be guilty or not guilty ? " It is but fair , however , to admit that the first sen- tence , which the most ingenious malice cannot tor- ture into a criminal construction , is charged by the information rather as introductory to ...
... Hastings be guilty or not guilty ? " It is but fair , however , to admit that the first sen- tence , which the most ingenious malice cannot tor- ture into a criminal construction , is charged by the information rather as introductory to ...
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... Hastings , as governour general of Bengal , of high crimes and misdemeanors ; and their jurisdiction for that high purpose of national justice , was unquestionably competent . But it is proper you should know the nature of this inquisi ...
... Hastings , as governour general of Bengal , of high crimes and misdemeanors ; and their jurisdiction for that high purpose of national justice , was unquestionably competent . But it is proper you should know the nature of this inquisi ...
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